Traumatic \Trau*mat"ic\, a. [L. traumaticus, Gr. ?, from ?, ?, a
wound: cf. F. traumatique.]
(Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. --Coxe. (b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. --Wiseman. (c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus. -- n. A
traumatic medicine.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |